Adv. Aharon Abramovitch Director-General of the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Served as Director-General of the

Ministry of Justice, and as a legal advisor for the Jewish Agency, the World Zionist Organization, the World Jewish

Restitution Organization and Keren Hayesod. Served as a member of the Board of Directors of the Israel Museum, the

Israel Lands Administration and El Al. Earned a degree in law from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Ms. Ora Achimeir Director of the Jerusalem Institute for Israel Studies. Served as Head of the Committee for the Status of

Women during Yitzhak Rabin's term. Has edited various books and publications on Jerusalem, the status of women in

Israel, and Hebrew culture in Israel, including "1900-2000: A Hundred Years of Culture" and "Jerusalem: A City and its

Future." Studied History and Business at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Dr. Peter Ackerman Founding Chair of the International Center on Nonviolent Conflict in Washington, DC. Managing

Director of Rockport Capital Incorporated. Serves as Chairman of the Board of Overseers at the Fletcher School of Law

and Diplomacy. Chairman of the Board of Freedom House, and a member of the Board of the Council on Foreign Relations.

Serves on the Executive Council of the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London. Co-author of two seminal

books on nonviolent resistance. Holds a Ph.D. from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy.

Dr. Jon B. Alterman Director and Senior Fellow of the Middle East Program at the Center for Strategic and International

Studies. Served as a member of the Policy Planning Staff at the U.S. Department of State and as a special assistant to the

Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern affairs. He served as an expert adviser to the Iraq Study Group (the Baker-

Hamilton Commission) and is a professorial lecturer at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies. He

also worked as a legislative aide to Senator Daniel P. Moynihan (D-NY). Member of the editorial boards of the Middle East

Journal and Transnational Broadcasting Studies and is a former International Affairs Fellow at the Council on Foreign

Relations. Holds a Ph.D. in history from Harvard University.

Prof. Uzi Arad Founding Director of the Institute for Policy and Strategy at the Lauder School of Government, Diplomacy and Strategy, the Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya. Chair of the Herzliya Conference. Concurrently, Advisor to the Knesset

Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee. Served in the Mossad for twenty-five years in Israel and abroad, his last position

being Director of Intelligence. Also served as the Foreign Policy Advisor to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Prior to his

government career, he was with the Hudson Institute in New York, and a Fellow at the New York Council on Foreign

Relations and at Tel Aviv University. Received an M.A. and a Ph.D. from Princeton University, which he attended as a

Fulbright scholar.

Mr. Hezki Arieli Director General of the Society for Excellence through Education (SEE). Developed and expanded the

"Excellence 2000" program, which is implemented today in approximately 220 schools in Israel and the United States, and

established the "Chais Teacher Institute" for training teachers in excellence education. Member of the National Steering

Committee for Gifted and Excellence Education.

Mr. Robert H. Asher Chairman of the Board of the Society for Excellence through Education (SEE) in Israel and the United

States. Past President and Chairman Emeritus of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC). Immediate past

Chairman of the American Committee for the Weizmann Institute, member of the International Board of Governors of the

Weizmann Institute and immediate past President of the Feinberg Graduate School. Also a Founding Trustee for the

Washington Institute for Near East Policy.

Lt. Gen. Gabi Ashkenazi Chief of the General Staff of the Israeli Defense Forces. Previously served as Director General

of the Ministry of Defense, GOC Northern Command, and Aide to the Chief of the Operations Branch. Commanded a

reserve armor division and then went on to serve as head of Israel's Lebanon liaison unit. Served as Head of Intelligence

for the Northern Command, Deputy Commander of the Golani Brigade during the 1982 Lebanon War, and as a platoon

leader in Operation Entebbe. Graduate of the IDF Command and Staff College and the Command and Staff College of the

U.S.Marine Corps in Quantico, Virginia. Holds a B.A. in Political Science from Tel AvivUniversity and a degree in

International Business Administration from Harvard University.

MK Amb. Colette Avital Deputy Speaker of the Knesset. Member of Knesset for the Labor-Meimad Party. Acting Director

of the Committee for Immigration, Absorption, and Diaspora Affairs. Served in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as Israel's

Ambassador to Portugal, Consul General in New York, Director of Communications and Information Division, and Deputy

Director General of the European Division. Served as Chairperson of the Parliamentary Inquiry Committee for the Location

and Restitution of Property of Holocaust Victims. Holds an MA in Public Administration from Harvard University.

President Jose Maria Aznar Former Prime Minister of Spain. President of FAES (Foundation for Social Studies and

Analysis). Distinguished Scholar at GeorgetownUniversity, where he teaches various seminars on contemporary European

politics. Chairman of the Christian Democrat and People’s Parties International (CDI) and Honorific President of the Partido

Popular in which he held the Executive Presidency. He became President of the Spanish Government (Prime Minister) in

1996, and was reelected in 2000, holding the presidency up until the elections of 2004, when he voluntarily stepped down.

Served as Head of the Regional Government of Castile and Leףn. Also served as a Member of Parliament for Madrid.

Between 1989 and 1996 he was the leader of the Opposition.

Prof. Moshe Bar Niv Provost of the Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya and Professor at its Radzyner Law School, where he

also served as Dean. Additionally, lectures in the Schoolof Management and the Faculty of Law at Bar Ilan University. Past

positions include Head of the Program in Law and Management at Bar Ilan University, lecturer at Hebrew and TelAviv

Universities, Visiting Scholar at Harvard University and Visiting Professor at BostonUniversity. Formerly, a Founder and

Manager of Yeda Computers Ltd, and a partner in M. Druker Law Firm. Recipient of the Recanati Graduate School of

Management Best Research Award for 1995, along with Prof. D. Samet. Holds a Ph.D. in Law from Tel AvivUniversity.

Member of the Board of Directors, the Institute for Policy and Strategy, the Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya.

Shula Bahat Associate Executive Director of the American Jewish Committee, responsible for AJC’s organizational

development and management, leadership development and training programs. Former Director of Israeli Programs in

American and CanadianUniversities for the Israeli Students and Academicians Organization in the U.S. and Canada. Also

served as a career officer in the IDF as Executive Director of the Sociological and Psychological Research Division. Holds

a B.A. in Sociology and Political Science from Hebrew University, and an M.A. in Environmental Studies from the Technion,

the Israel Institute of Technology.

Dr. Shmuel Bar Director of Studies at the Institute for Policy and Strategy, Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya. Served in the

Israeli intelligence community for thirty years where he held senior analytical, planning, and diplomatic positions, specializing

in regional security, Islamic radicalism and terrorism in the Middle East and East Asia. Published a number of books and

articles in his areas of expertise. Received a Ph.D. in History of the Middle East from Tel Aviv University.

Justice Prof. Aharon Barak Former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court; Radzyner Schoolof Law, IDC Herzliya. Served as

a legal advisor to the Israeli government, and chaired various public committees. Was awarded the Israel Prize in legal

sciences, the Justice in the World Foundation Prize, and the Kaplan Prize for excellence in science and research. Served

as Dean of the Law Faculty of Hebrew University and taught at Harvard, Yale, and Michigan Universities. Holds a PhD in

Law from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Lt. Gen. (res.) Ehud Barak Minister of Defense and Deputy Prime Minister; Head of the Labor Party and former Prime

Minister of Israel. Served as Minister of the Interior and as Foreign Minister. Former positions include Chief of IDF General

Staff and head of the Israeli Intelligence Branch. Was awarded the "Distinguished Service Medal". Holds an undergraduate

degree in Physics and Mathematics from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and a Masters Degree in Economic

Engineering Systems from StanfordUniversity.

Mr. Rafael L. Bardaji Director of International Studies at FAES Fundacion, Madrid. Taught International Politics at ICADE.

Served as the Executive Adviser to Ministers of Defense Eduardo Serra and Federico Trillo. Founded the Grupo de Estudios

Estratיgicos and served as its Director. Member of the IISS in London, the International Council of the Institute for Foreign

Policy Analysis (IFPA) of Massachusetts and of the International Committee of the Fondation pour la Recherche Stratיgique

of Paris. Also a member of the Conseil Economique de la Dיfense. Author of several publications. Graduate of the

ComplutenseUniversity of Madrid in Political Science and Sociology.

Brig. Gen. (res.) Pinchas Barel-Buchris Director-General of the Ministry of Defense. Served as an independent partner in

the Apax Israel Investment Fund and as a senior consultant in property investment, technology and communication –

Tamares. Served in the IDF for thirty years in a series of senior positions such as Head of all technology units and

Commanding Officer of Central SIGINT unit in military intelligence of the IDF. Completed the Advanced Management

program at the Harvard School of Business Administration. Holds an MBA degree from Derby University, as well as a B.Sc.

from the Technion in Israel.

Prof. Amir Barnea Professor of Finance at the Arison School of Business, Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya, and former

founding Dean of the School. Professor Emeritus at Tel AvivUniversity. Deputy Chairman of the Board and CEO, Singer

Barnea & Co. Held Visiting Professorships at several leading institutions, including Cornell and New York Universities.

Serves in several senior positions in Israeli business institutions, as well as on the public committees of the Bank of Israel

and the Ministry of Finance. Received a Ph.D. in Finance and Managerial Economics from Cornell University. Member of

the Board of Directors, the Institute for Policy and Strategy, the Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya.

Prof. Yehuda Bauer Academic Advisor to Yad Vashem and member of the IsraeliAcademy of Sciences and Humanities.

Serves as an advisor to international forums for national commemoration. Previously held the positions of Chair of the

International Institute for Holocaust Research at Yad Vashem, Founding Chair of the Vidal Sassoon InternationalCenter for

the Study of Anti-Semitism at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and Academic Chair of the Institute of Contemporary

Jewry. Recipient of the Israel Prize in 1998. Published numerous books and articles about the Holocaust. Holds a Ph.D. in

History from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Mr. Amnon Be’eri-Sulitzeanu Executive Director of The Abraham Fund Initiatives, Israel. Served as the Director of

Marketing and Communications at the Jerusalem Foundation, under the leadership of Mr. Teddy Kollek and Ms. Ruth

Cheshin. Prior to this, he worked as an adviser to the Minister of Immigrant Absorption and as the spokesperson of the

Ministry. Amongst other tasks, he was active in designing immigrant absorption and public relations policy for Israel. Holds

an M.A. in Public Administration from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Prof. Gabriel Ben-Dor Head of the School of Political Sciences and Director of the National Security Studies Center,

University of Haifa. Also served as the Rector of the University and as President of the Israeli Political Science Association.

Published seven books and over one hundred articles on Middle East politics, civic-military relations, conflict resolution, and

ethnic politics. Received a Ph.D. in Political Science and Middle Eastern Studies from Princeton University.

Brig. Gen. (res.) Binyamin (Fouad) Ben Eliezer Minister of National Infrastructures Formerly served as Minister of Defense,

Minister of Housing and Construction, and Minister of Communications. Also served as Deputy Prime Minister. Served in

the IDF for thirty years in a series of commanding positions. Graduated from the IDF Command and StaffCollege and the

Israel National Defense College.

MK Maj. Gen. (res.) Prof. Isaac Ben-Israel Member of the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee and a Lecturer

at the Cohen Institute for the History and Philosophy of Sciences and Ideas, Tel Aviv University. Served in the IDF for over

thirty years holding several posts in operations, intelligence and weapon development units of the Air Force. Has written

numerous books and articles on military and security issues and received several awards, including the Israel Defense

Award, which he received twice. Holds a Ph.D. in Philosophy from Tel Aviv University.

MK Prof. Menahem Ben-Sasson Chairman of the Knesset Constitution, Law and Justice Committee and Chairman of the

Lobby for Higher Education. Former Rector of the HebrewUniversity of Jerusalem. Holds a Ph.D. in the History of the Jewish

People in the Islamic Lands from the Hebrew University and a Post-Doctorate from Cambridge University.

Mr. Zeev Bielski Chairman of the Executive of the Jewish Agency for Israel and the World Zionist Organization. Former

Mayor of Ra’anana. Dealt extensively with the development of relations between Israel and Jewish communities in the

Diaspora as Chair of the Israeli Forum and Head of the JAFI Aliyah Department in South Africa. Holds a B.A. in Economics

from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Prof. Gideon Biger Professor of Geography at Tel Aviv University. Chairperson of the Israeli Military History Association.

Served as a member of the committee to determine borders in the Israeli-Syrian and Israeli-Palestinian peace talks, as well

as of the committee to determine the municipal borders of Jerusalem. was a Visiting Professor at a number of universities

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in the United States and Australia. Published several books and articles in Israel and abroad on the subject of the historical

geography of Israel. Earned a Ph.D. in Geography from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Mr. Carl Bildt Minister of Foreign Affairs of Sweden. Served as Sweden's Prime Minister from 1991 to 1994. Former

Chairman of the Kreab Group of public affairs and strategic communication companies. Served as non-executive director

of Vostok Nafta and Lundin Petroleum. Serves on the Board of Trustees of the RAND Corporation, the Board of the Centre

for European Reform, and as a member of the International Advisory Board of the Council on Foreign Relations. Served as

the European Union Special Representative to Former Yugoslavia and as Co-Chairman of the Dayton Peace Talks. He was

later appointed Special Envoy of the Secretary-General of the UN on the Balkan issues. Among other awards, he holds an

honorary degree from the University of St. Andrews, where he is a Fellow at the Institute for the Study of Terrorism and

Political Violence.

Maj. Gen. (res.) Ilan Biran Member of the Board of Directors, the Institute for Policy and Strategy, the Interdisciplinary

Center Herzliya. Chair of RAFAEL. Former Chairman of YES satellite broadcaster. Serves as the Prime Minister’s

Coordinator in charge of negotiations for the release of kidnapped and missing Israelis. Former CEO of Bezeq Israeli

Telecommunication Corporation Ltd., and former Director General of the Ministry of Defense. Prior to this, served as

Chairman of the Board of Directors of Oil Refineries Ltd. Served in the IDF for over thirty years in a series of senior positions

including GOC Central Command. Was an Associate for Strategy and Political Economy Research at

GeorgetownUniversity. Holds an M.A. from Tel AvivUniversity. Graduate of the US. Marine Corps Command and

StaffCollege.

Adv. Shraga F. Biran Founder of Shraga F. Biran & Company, an Israeli law firm with offices in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv.

For the last fifty years, he has represented cases in areas of political, social and civic rights. Played a pivotal role in the

initiation and development of a range of complex residential and commercial real-estate projects. He is a primary

shareholder in the Alon Group, which operates in both the United States and Israel. Author of In Tears They Shall Reap

and In Praise of Opportunism. Received his Law degree from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

MK Ze’ev Boim Minister of Housing and Construction and Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development. Previously served

as Minister of Immigrant Absorption and Deputy Minister of Defense. Formerly Mayor of Kiryat Gat, as well as Chairman of

the Municipal Environmental Quality Association, Ashkelon District. Served as Coalition Chairman during the 15th Knesset.

Earned a B.A. in History and Hebrew Literature and an M.A. in History and International Relations from the Hebrew

University of Jerusalem.

Amb. John Bolton Former US Ambassador to the United Nations. Presently a Senior Fellow at the American Enterprise

Institute. Served as Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security in the Bush Administration. Prior

to this, served as Senior Vice President of the American Enterprise Institute, Assistant Secretary for International

Organization Affairs at the Department of State, Assistant Attorney General for the Department of Justice, Assistant

Administrator for Program and Policy Coordination, and General Counsel at the U.S. Agency for International Development.

As an attorney, served as an associate and then a member of the firm at the Washington office of Covington & Burling.

Received his J.D. from Yale Law School.

MK Prof. Avishay Braverman Member of Knesset for the Labor-Meimad Party. Member of the Finance Committee,

Economics Committee and Joint Committee for the Defense Budget. Former President of Ben-Gurion University in Be'er

Sheva. Previously a senior economist and department head at the World Bank responsible for designing economic plans

and implementing them in developing countries. His books and articles deal with development economy, agricultural

economy, industrial organization, public policy, resource management and water sources. Recipient of the 1997 Ben-Gurion

Prize. Earned a Ph.D. in Economics from Stanford University.

Prof. Menachem Brinker Professor Emeritus of Philosophy and Hebrew Literature at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Research interests include aesthetics, hermeneutics, literary theory and modern Hebrew literature. Established the program

in Modern Hebrew Studies at the University of Chicago and held the first Chair in the program. He has been a Visiting

Professor at Harvard and Columbia Universities. One of the founders of the Israel Philosophical Association. Recipient of

the Israel Prize for Hebrew and General Literary Research. Earned a Ph.D. in Philosophy from Tel Aviv University.

Mr. David Brodet Chairman of Board of Governors of Ben Gurion University and Former Director General of the Ministry

of Finance. Serves as a consultant in economics, management and entrepreneurship. Chairman of the Board of Directors

of Hadassah Hospital. Lectures at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Ben Gurion University, Midreshet Rupin, and the

Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya. Holds a BA in Economics and Political Science and M.A. in Economics.

Dr. Oded Brosh Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for Policy and Strategy, Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya. An expert

on nuclear deterrence and proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, currently focusing on the Iranian nuclear issue.

Formerly a Research Fellow at Harvard University. Earned a Ph.D. in Political Science from Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Hermann B nz Director of the Friedrich Ebert Foundation in Israel. Previously served as Director of the Foundation in

Poland and Brussels and as Director of its Department for European Affairs in Bonn. He was an Assistant Professor at

Hamburg University, and conducted research at the universities of Moscow, Leningrad, Paris, Munich and Freiburg. Studied

History, Political Science, English and Russian Language at Hamburg University.

Sir Ronald Cohen Chairman of Portland Capital and Portland Trust. Founding Partner and Chairman of Apax Partners

Holdings. Chairman of the Social Investment Task Force and founder of EASDAQ, the pan-European market for growth

companies, of which he was Vice Chairman. Chairman of Bridges Community Ventures Limited, Founder-Director and past

Chairman of the British Venture Capital Association, Founder-Director of the European Venture Capital Association and the

Quoted Companies Alliance. He has served as a member of the London Stock Exchange Working Party on Smaller

Companies, CBI Wider Share Ownership Committee and the Executive Committee of The Centre for Economic Policy

Research. Graduate of Oxford University and honorary Fellow of Exeter College. Holds an M.B.A. from Harvard Business

School.

Secretary William Cohen Chairman and CEO of the Cohen Group. Served as Secretary of Defense in President Clinton's

Cabinet. As Secretary of Defense, he played a large role in directing the United States military actions in Iraq and Kosovo.

Former Representative and Senator from Maine, Chairman on the Select Committee on Indian Affairs, and Mayor of the

city of Bangor, Maine. Author of several books, including mysteries, poetry, and an analysis of the Iran-contra affair. Serves

on the Board of Directors of AIG, and is a Chairman Emeritus of the US-Taiwan Business Council. Holds degrees from

Bowdoin College and Boston University Law School.

Prof. Irwin Cotler Member of the Parliament of Canada and Former Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada.

Currently on leave as a Professor of Law at McGill University, where he is Director of its Human Rights Program, and Chair

of InterAmicus, the McGill-based International Human Rights Advocacy Centre. Has been a Visiting Professor at Harvard

Law School and a Woodrow Wilson Fellow at Yale Law School. Appointed as an Officer of the Order of Canada and is a

recipient of the Martin Luther King Jr. Humanitarian Award.

Dr. Patrick M. Cronin Director of the Institute for National Strategic Studies. Immediate Past Director of Studies at the

International Institute for Strategic Studies. Served as Senior Vice President and Director of Studies at the Center for

Strategic and International Studies. Prior to that was confirmed to the third-ranking post at the U.S. Agency for International

Development, and served as Assistant Administrator for Policy and Program Coordination. Also served as Director of

Studies at the U.S. Institute of Peace, Senior Fellow at the Institute for National Strategic Studies, and Deputy and Director

of Studies at INSS. Received the Meritorious Civilian Service Award. Worked at the Center for Naval Analyses where he

served as U.S. Naval Reserve officer, at the Congressional Research Service and at SRI International. Founding executive

editor of Joint Force Quarterly and associate editor of Strategic Review. He received both his doctorate and master’s

degrees at the University of Oxford.

Mr. Lester Crown Chairman of the Commercial Club of Chicago and the Chicago Foreign Relations Council. Currently sits

on the Board of Directors of Maytag. Served as President of Marblehead Lime Co., President and Chair of General

Dynamics, President of Henry Crown & Co., Director of Continental Illinois Bank, Trans World Airlines, and Esmark

Corporation. Affiliations include Trusteeship of Northwestern University, the Aspen Instituteand the Michael Reese

Foundation. Holds a B.Sc. in chemical engineering from Northwestern University, and an MBA from Harvard University.

Mr. Tony Danker Leader of McKinsey & Company’s Global Education Practice. Serves a range of education clients in the

UK and other countries on several aspects of education system reform. He has worked in the field of school leadership

development, teacher professional development, accountability and inspection and 21st Century learning. Sits on the global

leadership board of McKinsey’s Public Sector Practice. Editor of Transforming Government, a McKinsey publication for

public sector leaders, and has led McKinsey’s global research on public sector productivity and transformation in

government. Prior to consulting, he was Special Adviser to the Chief Rabbi of Britain & the Commonwealth, Sir Jonathan

Sacks. Currently a member of the UK Jewish Community’s Commission on the Future of Jewish Schools. Holds an MPA

from the John F Kennedy School of Government at Harvard.

Mr. Mohammad Darawshe Director of External Relations, The Abraham Fund Initiatives. An expert in Jewish-Arab

relations, he served as the Deputy Director General of the Givat Haviva Institute. Prior to that he worked as Campaign

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Manager with the United Arab list. Recipient of the Peacemaker award of Catholic Theological Union, and the Peace and

Security Award of the World Association of NGOs. Holds an M.A. in Public Administration from Hartford University.

Maj. Gen. (res.) Uzi Dayan Former National Security Advisor. Founding Chair of the Tafnit political party and Chairman of

the Committee for National Responsibility. Served in the IDF for over thirty years in various positions including Head of the

Planning Branch of the IDF General Staff, Commander of the Central Command, and Deputy Chief of the General Staff. In

this position he headed the Israeli security committee on peace negotiations with the Jordanians, Palestinian and Syrians.

Also served as Senior Liaison Officer to the Jordanian Forces. Holds a B.Sc. in Mathematics and Physics from the Hebrew

University of Jerusalem and a M.Sc. in Operations Research from Stanford University.

Mr. Raanan Dinur Director-General of the Prime Minister's Office. Previously served as Director-General of the Ministry of

Industry, Trade and Labor and Director-General of the Jerusalem Municipality. Former CEO of Telad and Chairman of the

Theater and Television department at the Arts and Culture Committee.

Mr. Thomas Donohue President and CEO of the US Chamber of Commerce. Established the U.S. Chamber Institute for

Legal Reform. Prior to his current post, served as President and Chief Executive officer of the American Trucking

Association. Is a member of the President’s Council on the 21st Century Workforce as well as the President’s Advisory

Committee for Trade Policy and Negotiations, and is the President of the Center for International Private Enterprise. Holds

a bachelor’s degree from St. John’s University and a master’s degree in business administration from Adelphi University.

Also holds honorary doctorate degrees from Adelphi, St. John’s, and Marymount University.

Prof. Yehezkel Dror Founding President of the Jewish People Policy Planning Institute. Member of the Government

Commission of Inquiry on the Second Lebanon War. Professor Emeritus of Political Science at the Hebrew University of

Jerusalem. Formerly a member of the Club of Rome, Senior Staff Member of the RAND Corporation, Senior Planning

Advisor in the Defense Minister’s Office, and Policy and Planning Advisor in the Prime Minister’s Office. Published numerous

books and articles. Recipient of the Israel Prize for Administrative Sciences, the Levi Eshkol Prize for Public Administration,

the Harold Lasswell Award, and the Rosolio Prize.

Prof. Zvi Eckstein Deputy Governor of the Bank of Israel. Previously served as Head of the Eitan Berglas School of

Economics at Tel Aviv University. Serves as the Mario Henrique Simonson Chair in Labor Economics at the University of

Minnesota. Member of several public committees, including a committee appointed by the Defense Minister of Israel to

shorten mandatory army service. Served as Chairman of the Investment Committee and Director of the Provident Funds of

the Mercantile Discount Bank. He has been a Visiting Professor at Carnegie-Mellon University and the University of

Pittsburgh. Holds a PhD in Economics from the University of Minnesota.

MK Yuli (Yoel) Edelstein Former Deputy Minister of Immigrant Absorption and Deputy Speaker of the Knesset. Served as

Minister of Immigrant Absorption and as advisor to the opposition leader, Benjamin Netanyahu. Served as Department Head

at the Melitz Center for Zionist Education. He was a founding member of Yisrael Ba-Aliya in 1996, and has been a member

of Knesset since May of that year.

Mr. Steven Emerson Executive Director of the Investigative Project on Terrorism. Frequently provides briefings to the U.S.

government and law enforcement agencies, members of Congress and congressional committees, and print and electronic

media, both national and international. Since 9-11, he has briefed Congress on terrorist financing and operational networks

of Al Qaeda, Hamas, Hezbollah, Islamic Jihad, and the rest of the worldwide Islamic militant spectrum. Author or co-author

of six books on terrorism and national security. Received numerous awards including the George Polk Award for best

television documentary and the Investigative Reporters and Editors Organization top prize.

Dr. Israel Elad Altman Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for Policy and Strategy, IDC Herzliya. Served in various

official positions in Israel and abroad. Formerly, a lecturer at Tel Aviv University and a Research Fellow at the Shiloah

Institute for Middle East Studies. Received a Ph.D. in Islamic Studies from UCLA.

Dr. Ann Eggington Head of the Europe, Middle East and Africa Division in the Office of Global Energy Dialogue at the

International Energy Agency in Paris. She started her working life in research in Munich, the University of Sussex and the

University of Oxford. Following this, she joined the UK civil service as a policymaker and worked at the UK Departments of

Energy and of Trade and Industry on a wide range of issues, particularly in the energy and competition policy fields. Holds

a PhD in theoretical physics.

Brig. Gen. (res.) MK Effie Eitam Member of Knesset for Ichud Leumi – Mafdal. Member of the Knesset Foreign Affairs and

Defense Committee, the Internal Affairs and Environment Committee and Joint Committee for the Defense Budget.

Previously, Minister of Housing and Construction, Minister of National Infrastructure and Minister without portfolio. Served

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in the IDF for 30 years in various field positions including commander of IDF forces in southern Lebanon. Holds an M.A. in

Political Science and International Relations from the University of Haifa.

Ms. Naama Elefant Delegate of the Herzliya Youth Forum. Azrieli Fellow in the MD-PhD program at the Hebrew University

of Jerusalem. A paper she published was recently highlighted by Nature Medicine magazine as one of the ten notable

advances of the year 2007. Her research focuses on viral infections, genetic diseases and cancer. Volunteers as a tutor for

new immigrants. Served in the Intelligence Unit in the IDF, where she received four awards for excellence during her years

of service. Recipient of the Bryant and Lillian Shiller Scholarship in Computational Biology, Genomics and Medicine. Earned

a BSc degree in Computer Science from Hebrew University in Jerusalem, where she graduated with honors, and an MSc

degree in Genomics, Bioinformatics, and Microbiology from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Amb. Dr. Oded Eran, Israel Representative to the World Jewish Congress. Former Ambassador of Israel to the European

Union. Served with the Israeli Foreign Service for over forty years, where he served in the Israeli embassies in London and

Washington D.C. As Ambassador to Jordan, he led the Israeli-Palestinian final status negotiations. As Deputy Director-

General for Economic Affairs in the Foreign Ministry, he directed negotiations on the Association Agreement with the EU

(1995) and participated in the negotiations on the Paris Economic Agreement with the Palestinians. Received a Ph.D. in

Political Science from the London School of Economics.

MK Gilad Erdan Chair of the Knesset Economic Affairs Committee. Chairman of”Al Sam” (an organization dealing with

drug addiction). Formerly, advisor to Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, and Director of the Department for Public Petitions

in the Prime Minister's Office. Holds a L.L.B. from Bar Ilan University.

Mr. Jafar Farrah Director of the Mussawa Center. Previously worked as an investigative journalist for several local Arabic

and Hebrew language publications and television programs, including "Uvda" and "Mabat Nashi" for Israel's Channel Two.

Has published several articles in Hebrew, English, and Arabic. Taught Communications and Journalism at the College of

Management. Served as Chairman of the Arab Students Association at Haifa University, and as Chairman of United Arab

Students of Israel. Studied Sociology and Education at Haifa University.

Prof. Shmuel Feiner Associate Professor of Modern Jewish History at Bar Ilan University. Director of the Samuel Braun

Chair for the History of the Jews In Prussia, The Faculty of Jewish Studies, Bar-Ilan University. Author of Haskala and

History - The Emergence of a Modern Jewish Awareness of the Past (Hebrew, 1995), as well as various articles in the

cultural and intellectual history of the Jews in Europe, especially on the Haskalah Movement in the 18th and 19th Centuries

in Germany and Eastern Europe. Served as Head of the department of Jewish History, Bar Ilan University and as an

associate of the Israeli Historical Society. Holds a Ph.D. in Philosophy from the University of Jerusalem.

Prof. Stanley Fischer Governor of the Bank of Israel. Previously Vice Chairman and Head of the Public Sector Group at

Citigroup and First Deputy Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Before joining the IMF, he was

Head of the Department of Economics at MIT and Vice President for Development Economics and Chief Economist at the

World Bank. Fellow of the Econometric Society and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, a member of the Council

on Foreign Relations, the G-30, and the Trilateral Commission, a Guggenheim Fellow, and a Research Associate of the

National Bureau of Economic Research. Earned a B.Sc. and a M.Sc. at the London School of Economics and obtained his

Ph.D. in Economics at MIT.

Mr. Peter C.W. Flory NATO Assistant Secretary General for Defense Investment. Served as the Assistant U.S. Secretary

of Defense for International Security Policy, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security

Affairs, Chief Investigative Counsel and Special Counsel to the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence (SSCI), Associate

Coordinator for Counter-Terrorism in the Department of State with the rank of Deputy Assistant Secretary, and Special

Assistant to Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Paul D. Wolfowitz. After working as a journalist, he served as a national

security advisor to Members of the House Foreign Affairs Committee and Senate Defense Appropriations Subcommittee.

An Honors Graduate of McGill University, and holds a Law degree from Georgetown University Law Center.

Dr. Karnit Flug Director of Research at the Bank of Israel. Previous positions include Assistant Director of Research, senior

research economist at the Inter-American Bank and economist at the International Monetary Fund. Holds an M.A. from the

Hebrew University of Jerusalem and a Ph.D. in Economics from Columbia University.

Mr. Franco Frattini Vice President of the Barrosso Commission and Commissioner for Justice, Freedom and Security at

the European Commission. Served as Foreign Minister of Italy, Minister for Civil Service and for Coordination of Intelligence

and Security Services, Rome City Counselor, President of the Parliamentary Committee for Intelligence and Security

Services and State Secret, Minister for Civil Service and Regional Affairs, Secretary-General of the Prime Minister’s Office,

Legal Advisor to the Prime Minister, and "Council of State" Judge. Holds a graduate degree in Law.

Prof. Jacob A. Frenkel Chairman of the Group of Thirty (G-30) and Vice Chairman of the American International Group

(AIG). Laureate of the 2002 Israel Prize in Economics. Previously served as Chairman of Merrill Lynch International Inc.,

and as Governor of the Bank of Israel for two consecutive terms (1991-2000). Prior to this, served as Economic Counselor

and Director of Research at the International Monetary Fund (IMF), as the David Rockefeller Professor of International

Economics at the University of Chicago, and as Editor of the Journal of Political Economy. He is also a Professor of

Economics at Tel Aviv University. Additional positions have included Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Inter-

American Development Bank (IDB), and Vice Chairman of the Board of Governors of the European Bank for Reconstruction

and Development (EBRD). Earned B.A. from the Hebrew University, and M.A. and Ph.D. in Economics from the University

of Chicago.

Col. (res.) Dr. Reuven Gal Deputy National Security Advisor at the National Security Council of the Prime Minister’s Office,

responsible for domestic and social affairs and infrastructure. Founding President of the Carmel Institute for Social Studies,

Founder and Co-Director of the Center for Outstanding Leadership and Founder and Director of the Israeli Institute for

Military Studies. Served in the IDF and was the Commanding Officer of the Military Psychology Unit, and as Chief

Psychologist in the Israeli Navy. Taught at the University of Haifa, the Technion, and as a Visiting Lecturer at Boston

University, University of British Columbia, and University of South Florida. Received a Ph.D. in Psychology from the

University of California, Berkeley.

Prof. Zvi Galil President of Tel Aviv University. Previously served as Dean and Morris and Alma A. Schapiro Professor of

Engineering at the School of Engineering and Applied Science of Columbia University. Fellow of the American Association

for the Advancement of Science. Holds a M.Sc. (summa cum laude) in Applied Mathematics, Tel Aviv University and a

Ph.D. in Computer Science, Cornell University.

Dr. Boaz Ganor Deputy Dean of the Lauder School of Government, Diplomacy and Strategy, IDC Herzliya. Founder and

Executive Director of the International Policy Institute for Counter-Terrorism. Member of Israel’s National Committee for

Homeland Security Technologies, of the International Advisory Board of Institute of Defense and Strategic Studies (IDSS),

Singapore, and of the International Advisory team of the Manhattan Institute (CTCT) to the New-York Police Department

(NYPD). Has authored numerous articles on counter-terrorism published in Israel and abroad. Obtained his Ph.D. from the

Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Maj. Gen. (res.) Amos Gilead Director of the Political-Military Bureau at the Ministry of Defense. Previously served as

Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories, Head of the Military Intelligence Research Department, and as the

IDF Spokesperson.

Amb. Dan Gillerman Permanent Representative of Israel to the United Nations. Served as the CEO of several Israeli

companies, as Chairman of the Federation of Israeli Chambers of Commerce, as a member of the board of the First

International Bank of Israel and as Director of Bank Leumi and the Central Bank of Israel. He also served on the Prime

Minister's National Economic and Social Council, the President's Committee of the Coordinating Council of Israel's

Economic Organizations, as Chairman of the Israel-British Business Council, and as a member of the executive board of

the International Chamber of Commerce of the World Business Organization.

Mr. Edward (Ted) Gistaro US National Intelligence Officer for Transnational Threats. Previously served as chief of several

new analytic and operational units in the Central Intelligence Agency's Counterterrorism Center. Also served on the

Presidential Daily Briefing Staff and as the Chief of West African analysis. Attended the Fletcher School of Law and

Diplomacy at Tufts University and Georgetown's School of Foreign Service.

Mr. Gideon Grinstein, Founder and Director of the Re’ut Institute. Previously served in the Office and then in the Bureau

of Prime Minister Barak as the Secretary and Coordinator of the negotiation team of the Government of Israel to the

permanent status negotiations between Israel and the PLO. He has extensive background in policy-planning with the

Economic Cooperation Foundation. Graduate of the Harvard Kennedy School of Government and the Tel Aviv University

Schools of Law and Economics.

Mr. Eli Gonen President of the Israel Hotel Association. Served in senior administrative positions at the Hebrew University

of Jerusalem, and as Director-General of the Ministry of Tourism. Participated in the peace negotiations with Jordan and

the Palestinian Authority. Served as CEO of various hotels and tourism agencies. Holds a B.A. in Economics and an MBA.

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Mr. Drew Haire Head of the Community Relations Unit at the Office of the First Minister and Deputy First Minister, Northern

Ireland

MK Tzachi Hanegbi, Chairman of the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee. Served as Minister of the Interior,

Minister of the Environment, Minister of Transportation, Minister of Health and Minister of Justice. Previously, Director of

the Prime Minister's Office and President of the National Union of Israeli Students. Earned a B.A. in International Relations

and Law from Hebrew University.

Prof. Franחois Heisbourg Chairman of the International Institute for Strategic Studies and of the Geneva Centre for

Security Policy. Previous positions include Director of the Fondation pour la Recherche Stratיgique; Professor at Sciences-

Po; Head of an interagency working group (groupe de travail interministיriel) on the study of international relations, strategic

affairs and defence issues in France; and Member of the European Commission’s Group of Personalities on Security R &

D. Has published numerous articles and interviews in the academic and general media.

Mr. Isaac Herzog Minister of the Diaspora, Society, and Fight Against Anti-Semitism and Minister of Welfare and Social

Services. Served as Minister of Tourism, Minister of Housing and Construction, Government Secretary and Chairman of the

Anti-Drug Authority. Also served as Secretary of the Economic-Social Council and chaired the Lobby for Tourism in Israel

and the Municipal Lobby. Graduate of Tel Aviv University School of Law, and completed academic courses at New York

University and Cornell University.

Mr. Yossi Hollander Chairman of the Israeli Institute for Economic Planning. A successful serial high-tech entrepreneur

and philanthropist. Founder of “New Dimension”, which was bought out by BMC in 1999. Member of the Board of Directors

of the Weizmann Institute of Science and active in several public organizations.

Amb. Dr. Robert Hunter President of the Atlantic Treaty Association and Former U.S. Permanent Representative to NATO.

Senior Advisor to the RAND Corporation in Washington. Also serves as Chairman of the Council for a Community of

Democracies, Senior International Consultant to Lockheed Martin Overseas Corporation, Associate at Harvard's Belfer

Center for Science and International Affairs, and member of the Senior Advisory Group to the US European Command. As

U.S. Ambassador to NATO, he was a principal architect of the "New NATO," created Partnership for Peace, and twice

received the Pentagon's highest civilian award, the DOD Medal for Distinguished Public Service. Before then, served as

Vice President at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. Served on the White House staff during the Johnson

Administration. Earned a Ph.D. from the London School of Economics, where he also taught. Decorated by the governments

of Hungary, Lithuania, Poland, Bulgaria, and France (Legion of Honor).

MK Nadia Hilou Chair of the Knesset Committee on the Rights of the Child. Also a member of the Knesset Committees on

the Status of Women, on Foreign Workers, and the Internal Affairs and Environment Committee. Member of the Lobby for

Jewish–Arab Coexistence and the Lobby for the Advancement of Third Sector in Israel. Served as Deputy Chairperson of

Naamat Women`s Organization and as Director of the Division for the Status of Women in the Union of Local Authorities.

Holds a B.A. and M.A. in Social Work from Tel Aviv University.

Mr. Matthew Mark Horn National Policy Director of the American Jewish Congress. In this position, bears primary

responsibility for developing and implementing the AJCongress' international and domestic policy, as well as its

congressional and executive branch policy and legislative advocacy and strategy. Served in the Bush administration as the

Special Assistant for International Security Affairs (ISA) & International Security Policy (ISP), Office of the Secretary of

Defense (Legislative Affairs). He was awarded the Secretary of Defense Medal for Outstanding Public Service. Prior to

joining the Bush Administration, served as the Director of Federal Affairs at the MWW Group. Also served as the counsel

and legislative assistant to Representative Benjamin A. Gilman, then-Chairman of the House International Relations

Committee. Served as OSCE legal advisor for elections missions in the Balkans. Served in the United States Marines.

Earned his Law degree from Pace University School of Law.

MK Dalia Itzik Speaker of the Knesset. Member of the Knesset since 1992. Previously Served as Minister of the

Environment, Minister of Industry and Trade, and Minister of Communications. Served as Chair of the Jerusalem Teachers

Union, as Deputy Mayor on Jerusalem, and as a Member of the Board of Governors of the Israel Broadcasting Authority.

Graduate of the Efrat Teachers Seminary. Holds a B.A. in Literature and History and a LL.B. in Law.

Maj. Gen. (res.) David Ivry President of Boeing Israel and Vice President of Boeing International Relations, and Chairman

of the Board of Directors of the Fisher Brothers Institute for Air and Space Strategic Studies. Former Chairman of Elul Asia

Ltd. and Ambassador of Israel to the United States. Other positions have included Head of the National Security Council,

Principal Assistant Minister of Defense for Strategic Affairs, Head of Israeli Delegation to the Multilateral Working Group on

Arms Control and Regional Security of the Middle East peace process, Director-General of the Ministry of Defense and

Chairman of Israel Aircraft Industries. Served in the IDF in various senior positions including Deputy Chief of Staff and

Commander of the Air Force. Holds a B.Sc. in Aeronautical Engineering from the Technion. Graduate of the IDF Command

& Staff College. Received honorary doctorates from the Technion and Bar-Ilan University.

Dr. Josef Joffe Editor-Publisher of Die Zeit German weekly. Was a Visiting Fellow of the Dickey Center at Dartmouth

University and of the Hoover Institute at Stanford University. Has delivered lectures at the University of California, Berkeley

and Michigan State University on post-September 11 international security. Published scholarly articles on the Middle East

and his others areas of interest in several publications, including Foreign Policy and The Washington Quarterly. Received

a Ph.D. from Harvard University and an honorary degree from his alma mater, Swarthmore College.

Captain (res.) Miki Kesari Director of the Excellence Enhancement Center at the Society for Excellence through Education.

Volunteers as the Chairman of the "Dolphin" Israeli Submariners Association. Former Director of the "Handesaim" Meyerhoff

Technical College at Tel Aviv University. In this capacity, he initiated and implemented projects for academic and societal

excellence. During his 30 years of service in the IDF's Navy, he held a number of distinguished positions, including:

Commander of the Submarine Flotilla, Operational Advisor for Projects and Warfare to the Israel Air Industry (IAI), and RPO

for the "Dolphin" Submarine Project in Germany. Completed his M.A. degree (with high honors) in Business Management

at Bar Ilan University.

Mr. Martin Kraar President of the Society for Excellence through Education

Prof. Stephen D. Krasner Professor in the Department of Political Science at Stanford University. Served as Director of

the Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law (CDDRL), Deputy Director of Freeman Spgoli Institute (FSI),

and the Graham H. Stuart Professor of International Relations at Stanford University. Served as the Director of Policy

Planning at the U.S. State Department. Taught at Harvard University and UCLA and was Chair of the Department of Political

Science. Also served as a Fellow at the Center for Advanced Studies in the Behavioral Sciences and at the

Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin, and as Director for Governance and Development at the National Security Council. His major

publications include Structural Conflict: The Third World Against Global Liberalism (1985), and Sovereignty: Organized

Hypocrisy (1999). Holds a Ph.D. in political science from Harvard and an M.A. in International Affairs from Columbia

University.

Mr. Martin Kraar, President of the Society for Excellence through Education - US. Formerly served as Executive Vice

President of the American Committee for the Weizmann Institute of Science, Executive Vice President of Jewish

Federations, and as Executive Vice President of the Jewish Federation in Detriots, St. Louis and Nashville. Has taught

management, personnel administration, and supervision courses and has served as a lecturer, instructor and trainer for

various organizations. A frequent lecturer on the American Jewish Community-Structure and Organization, Israel-Diaspora

relationships, and the Middle East. Attended the University of Tennessee, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, the University

of Illinois and the University of Chicago. Holds Graduate degrees in Business Administration, Psychology and Social Work.

Prof. Martin Kramer Senior Fellow at the Adelson Institute for Strategic Studies at the Shalem Center. Senior Fellow at

Olin Institute at Harvard University, and a Research Fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy. Previously,

Director of the Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies at Tel Aviv University and a visiting professor

at Brandeis, Chicago, Cornell and Georgetown Universities. A Fellow at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for

Scholars in Washington. Earned a Ph.D. in Near Eastern Studies from Princeton University.

Amb. Dr. Daniel C. Kurtzer S. Daniel Abraham Visiting Professor of Middle East Policy Studies at the Woodrow Wilson

School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University. Retired from the United States Foreign Service at the end

of 2005, with the rank of Career-Minister in the Senior Foreign Service. Served as the United States Ambassador to Israel,

and prior to that as the Ambassador to Egypt. Previous positions include speechwriter on the Policy Planning Staff, Deputy

Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs, and Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Intelligence and

Research. Received several of the U.S. Government’s most prestigious awards, including the President’s Distinguished

Service Award and the Department of State Distinguished Service Award. Received a Ph.D. from Columbia University.

Dr. Uzi Landau Former Minister for Internal Security. Research Fellow at the International Institute for Counter-Terrorism,

IDC Herzliya. Served as Minister without Portfolio, Chairman of the Knesset Defense Budget Subcommittee, the Foreign

Affairs and Defense Committee, and the State Control Committee. Served as Director-General of the Ministry of

Transportation and taught at the Technion. A member of the Board of the Society for the Protection of Nature and of the

Board of the Israel Debating Society. Holds a Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and B.Sc. and M.Sc.

degrees from the Technion in Haifa.

Mr. Joseph (Tommy) Lapid Chairman of the Yad Vashem Council. Former Head of the Shinui Party and former Minister

of Justice. Journalist and political writer by profession, and a former member of Ma’ariv Daily Editorial Staff and its editor.

Former Director-General of Israel Broadcasting Authority. Subsequently, was one of the founders of cable television in Israel

and served as Chair of the Cable Television Association. Holds an LLB degree.

Amb. Ronald S. Lauder President of World Jewish Congress and Founder of the Lauder School of Government, Diplomacy

and Strategy at the Interdisciplinary Center, Herzliya. Previously, President of the Jewish National Fund. Additionally serves

as Chairman of the International Public Committee of the World Jewish Restitution Organization, Treasurer of the World

Jewish Congress and Chairman of the Jewish Heritage Council. Former Chairman of the Conference of Presidents of Major

American Jewish Organizations. Served as U.S. Ambassador to Austria and as Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for

European and NATO policy. Established the Ronald S. Lauder Foundation, which has focused on Jewish education and

outreach programs in Eastern Europe. Holds a B.A. in International Business from the Wharton School and a Certificate in

International Business from the University of Brussels.

Col. (res.) Dr. Eran Lerman Director, Israel and Middle East Office, American Jewish Committee. Served in the IDF

Intelligence Directorate for over 25 years. During his service, he participated in the Working Group on Arms Control and

Regional Security (ACRS) in the framework of multilateral Middle East negotiations. Holds an M.A. in Public Administration

from the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, which he attended as a Wexner-Israel Fellow, and a Ph.D.

from the London School of Economics.

Justice Micha Lindenstrauss State Comptroller and Ombudsman. Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Law at the University

of Haifa. Previously served as President of the District Court of Haifa, Chairman of the Israeli Association of Judges,

Chairman of "The Movement for a Better Israel" and Chairman of the "Israel American Friendship Society" and Military

District Prosecutor and Legal Advisor of the IDF. Represented the Israeli Judges in the European Association of Judges

and has been active for over twelve years on the Board of Directors of the "Justice for the World" Foundation. Author of

several books. Graduated from the Faculty of Law at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

MK Limor Livnat Former Minister of Education. Has served as Minister of Communications, as well as Chairperson of the

Knesset Committee for the Advancement of the Status of Women, the Subcommittee on Laws of Personal Status and the

Parliamentary Committee for Investigating Murder of Women by their Spouses. Served as Vice Chairperson and Acting

Chairperson of the World Likud Movement. Holds a B.A. in Literature from Tel Aviv University.

Ms. Tzipi Livni Vice Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs. Former Minister of Justice, Minister of Regional

Cooperation and Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development. Previously, worked at the Mossad and was the General

Manager of the Government Companies Authority in charge of the privatization of government corporations and monopolies.

Received the Champion of Good Government Award. Holds an L.L.B. from Bar Ilan University.

Prof. Bjorn Lomborg Director of the Copenhagen Consensus Center and Adjunct Professor at the Copenhagen Business

School. Previously, Director of Denmark's National Environmental Assessment Institute and Organizer of the Copenhagen

Consensus. Served as an assistant professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Aarhus. Listed as

one of the world's 100 most influential people by Time magazine. Has authored and edited several books and articles,

including the bestselling The Skeptical Environmentalist. Holds a Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of

Copenhagen.

Prof. Herbert London President of the Hudson Institute and Professor Emeritus at New York University. Previously, John

M. Olin University Professor of Humanities at New York University. Founding Dean of the Gallatin School, also at New York

University. Established the Center for Education and Employment Policy at the Hudson Institute. Produced television

programs on American culture, and has been a commentator on major radio and television news programs and a guest

lecturer at colleges and universities. Writes for major American newspapers and journals and has published twenty-one

books. Recipient of honorary degrees from the University of Aix-Marseille and Grove City College, as well as of awards for

his writing and educational work. Received a Ph.D. from New York University.

Mr. Gideon Mark International Director of Marketing and Community Relations, Taglit- birthright israel. Responsible for

birthright israel’s marketing, promotion and brand creation worldwide, and for the creation and development of partnerships

with Jewish communities outside of North America. Previously, Israel Director and COO of the birthright israel Planning

Project; Department Director in Israel's Ministry of Foreign Affairs; and Jerusalem Spokesperson and Consul for

Communications and Public Affairs at the Consulate General of Israel in New York. Holds and M.A. (with honors) in Middle

Eastern Studies from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and an MBA (with honors) from Manchester University, Israel

Branch.

Dr. Eilat Mazar Member of the Institute of Archeology at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Senior Research Fellow

at the Shalem Center. An archeologist specializing in Jerusalem and Phoenician archaeology, she has worked on

excavations at the Temple Mount and the City of David. Obtained a Ph.D. in Archeology from Hebrew University.

Dr. Pיter Medgyessy Former Prime Minister of Hungary. Appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary at Large

of the Republic of Hungary. Previously, served as Minister of Finance, Deputy Prime Minister responsible for Economic

Affairs, and as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Paribas Bank Ltd. and Inter-European Bank. Responsible for the

establishment of the two-tier banking system that met the requirements of a market economy. Published a number of

articles. Serves as a member and regular contributor to the World Economic Forum. Holds a Ph.D. from the University of

Economics in Budapest.

Mr. Robert McNally Vice President of Tudor Investment Corporation. Served as special assistant to the President for

economic policy, and as Senior Director for international energy at the White House National Economic Council and National

Security Council. He was an energy market consultant with Energy Security Analysis. Served for two and a half years as a

Peace Corps volunteer in Senegal. Received his M.A. in International Economics from Johns Hopkins School of Advanced

International Studies.

Adv. Dan Meridor Former Minister of Justice and Minister of Finance. Former Chair of the Knesset Foreign Affairs and

Defense Committee. Senior Partner at Haim Zadok & Co. Law Firm. From 1984 until 2003 served as a Knesset Member

for the Likud and Central parties. Prior to his election to the Knesset, served as Secretary of the Cabinet. During his term

as Minister of Justice he promoted human rights legislation. Graduated from the Faculty of Law of the Hebrew University of

Jerusalem.

Ms. Judith Miller Adjunct Fellow of the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research and City Journal contributing editor.

Previously, investigative reporter for the New York Times. Frequent commentator on national security issues and has

appeared on numerous television and radio shows. She has written four books, has contributed chapters to several others,

and writes for several publications. Recipient of the Pulitzer Prize and an Emmy. Holds a Masters degree from Princeton

University's Woodrow Wilson School for Public and International Affairs.

Prof. Alex Mintz Dean of the Lauder School of Government, Diplomacy and Strategy, Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya.

Director of the Program on Applied Decision Analysis (PADA) at the IDC. Co-editor of the journal Foreign Policy Analysis,

Associate Editor for experiments and simulations for the Yale-based Journal of Conflict Resolution and editor of the

Palgrave-Macmillan book series in Foreign Policy Analysis. Recently appointed along with four Nobel laureates in

Economics to the advisory board of the Center for Conflict Prevention and Management at the University of Sydney,

Australia. 1993 recipient of the ISA Karl Deutsch Award for research and the 2005 Distinguished Scholar Award of the

Foreign Policy section of the ISA. Received his Ph.D. from Northwestern University.

Lt. Gen. (res.) Shaul Mofaz Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Transportation and Road Safety. In charge of Strategic

Dialogues. Former Minister of Defense and IDF Chief of General Staff. Served in the IDF for more than thirty years in

command and staff positions, including Deputy Chief of General Staff, Commander in Judea and Samaria and GOC of the

Southern Command. As Head of the Plans and Policy Directorate, participated in peace talks with the Syrian delegation

and led the Security Committee in the negotiations with the Palestinians on the Hebron Agreement. Received a B.A. in

Business Administration from Bar Ilan University. Graduate of the U.S. Marine Corps Command and Staff College in

Quantico, Virginia.

Prof. Gabriel Motzkin Director of the Van Leer Jerusalem Institute. Holds the Ahad Ha’am Chair in Philosophy at the

Hebrew University. Previously, served as the Dean of the Faculty of Humanities and Director of the Franz Rosenzweig

Center for German-Jewish Literature and Cultural History and as a member of the Departments of History and German

Literature. Was a Fellow at the Siemens Foundation, the Max-Planck-Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Science,

Clare Hall at the University of Cambridge, the Max-Planck-Institute for the History of Science, the Einstein Forum, and the

Wiener Institute at Tel Aviv University, the Wissenschaftskolleg (Berlin), and the Zentrum f r interdisziplinהre Forschung

(Bielefeld). Was a Visiting Professor and Scholar at the Ecole des Hautes tudes en Sciences Sociales (Paris), the University

of Giessen, the University of Amsterdam, the University of Konstanz, and the Cardozo School of Law at Yeshiva University.

Holds a Ph.D. from University of California-Berkeley.

Mr. Avi Naor Chairman of "Or Yarok"- Association for Safer Driving in Israel; Member of the Executive of the Jewish Agency

for Israel. Served as President and Director-General of Amdocs. Founder of the "Oren Fund" for troubled children and youth.

Served as Senior Chairperson of the Alternate Commission for the Jewish Agency's Future Generations. Holds a B.Sc. in

Computer Sciences from the Technion.

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Maj. Gen. Ido Nechushtan Head of Plans and Policy Directorate, IDF. Formerly, Air Force Chief of Staff, Head of air wing,

intelligence group, Commander of Air Force's Hatzor airbase, and Head of Air Force staff's planning and organization

section. Established and directed the "Barak 2" F-16 squadron at Hatzor airbase. Holds a degree with honors in Mathematics

and Computer Science from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, a graduate degree in Business Administration from the

Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University in Chicago, and a graduate degree from Tel Aviv University's

Recanati School of Business Administration. He is also a graduate of Harvard University's Advanced Management Program.

MK Benjamin Netanyahu Chairman of the Likud Party, Leader of the Opposition, and Former Prime Minister. Served as

Minister of Finance, Foreign Minister, Ambassador to the United Nations and Deputy Ambassador to the U.S. Worked in an

international corporate finance firm in Boston and in a senior managerial position with Rim Industries, Jerusalem. Initiated

and organized international conferences dealing with the struggle against international terror under the auspices of the

Jonathan Institute. Published and edited three books on international terrorism. Received a B.A. in Architecture and an M.A.

in Management from MIT, where he also studied Political Science.

Mr. Ehud Olmert Prime Minister of Israel. Chairman of the Kadima party. Previously, served as Minister of Finance, Minister

of Industry, Trade and Labor, Minister of Health, Minister of Communications, Mayor of Jerusalem and Treasurer of the

Likud Party. Received a B.A. in Psychology and Philosophy and an LL.B. from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Prof. Michael B. Oren Senior Fellow at the Adelson Institute for Strategic Studies, Shalem Center. He was a Lady Davis

Fellow of Hebrew University and a Moshe Dayan Fellow at Tel-Aviv University. Previously, a Visiting Professor at Harvard

and Yale. He has briefed the White House and has testified before Congress on Middle Eastern affairs. Served as a liaison

with the U.S. Sixth Fleet during the Gulf War, and an army spokesman in the second Lebanon War. He acted as an advisor

to Israel's delegation to the United Nations. An expert on the diplomatic and military history of the Middle East, he has

authored two books, including Six Days of War and has written extensively for different publications including the The New

Republic, for which he is a contributing editor. He is a graduate of Princeton and Columbia universities.

Mr. Amos Oz Author and Essayist. Widely translated and internationally acclaimed. Teaches literature at Ben Gurion

University of the Negev and has been a Visiting Fellow at Oxford University, as well as author-in-residence at the Hebrew

University and writer-in-residence at Colorado College. Has received many honors and awards including the French Prix

Femina, the Frankfurt Peace Prize, the Israel Prize for Literature, and the Goethe Prize. He has been named Officer of Arts

and Letters of France. Studied Philosophy and Literature at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and has been awarded a

number of honorary doctorates.

Dr. Shlomit Paz Member of the Department of Geography and Environmental Studies at the University of Haifa. As a guest

researcher at MEDIAS-France, she investigated the climatic factors of desertification processes in the Mediterranean basin

and Africa. In recent years, her studies (partly funded by the European Union) deal with climatic changes and their influence

on the Mediterranean region, paying special attention to the impact of warming tendency on human health. Holds a Ph.D.

from the Earth Science Institute at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Mr. Shimon Peres President of the State of Israel. Former Prime Minister of Israel. First elected to the Knesset in 1959 and

has served continuously since then. Held several ministerial positions including Minister of Defense, Minister of Foreign

Affairs, Minister of Finance, Minister for the Development of the Negev, Galilee and Regional Economy, Minister of

Transportation and Minister of Regional Cooperation. Served as Prime Minister between 1984–1986 and again after the

assassination of late Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin. Served in the Hagana. In 1953, was appointed Director General of the

Ministry of Defense, and laid the foundations for the creation of Israeli military power. Authored ten books. Nobel Peace

Prize Laureate.

MK Ofir Pines-Paz Member of Knesset for the Labor-Meimad party. Chairman of the Knesset Internal Affairs and

Environment Committee. Formerly Minister of the Interior, Minister of Science and Technology, and Minister of Sports and

Culture. Served as Chairman of the Knesset Constitution, Law and Justice and State Control Committees, as well as

Chairman of the Authority for Rehabilitation of Prisoners. Served as Deputy Director-General of the Immigration and

Absorption Department of the Jewish Agency, and as Secretary-General of the Israel Labour Party. Holds a B.A. in

International Relations from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and an M.A. in Public Policy from Tel AvivUniversity.

Mr. Sever Plocker Chief economics editor of “Yediot Aharonot”. Previously served as deputy editor-in chief of the

newspaper. Holds an M.B.A. from Tel Aviv University.

Mr. Felix Posen Philanthropist and Founding President of the Posen Foundation. Focuses his energy on educating about

the cultural, intellectual, scientific, economic, and historical contributions of Jews over the centuries. Retired as a partner of

an international trading firm. Supports the Center for the Study of Anti-Semitism at Hebrew University, which also houses

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the Felix Posen Bibliographic Project on Anti-Semitism. Initiated and supports educational programs on secular Judaism at

institutions of higher learning in Israel and abroad. Also supports the Anthology of Jewish Culture and Civilization. Governor

Emeritus and an Honorary Fellow of the Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies. Graduate of Johns Hopkins

University. Received an honorary fellowship and doctorate from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Dr. Jerrold Post Director of the Political Psychology Program at George Washington University and Professor of Psychiatry,

Political Psychology and International Affairs. Previously, worked for the Central Intelligence Agency where he founded and

directed the Center for the Analysis of Personality and Political Behavior. A founding member of the International Society of

Political Psychology and served as its Vice-President. Served on the editorial board of Political Psychology, is a Life Fellow

of the American Psychiatric Association, and has been elected to the American College of Psychiatrists. Currently, serves

as Chair of the Task Force for National and International Terrorism and Violence for the APA. Authored many publications

and is a frequent commentator on national and international media on topics such leadership and psychology of terrorism.

Recipient of many prestigious awards. Holds a M.D. from Yale and received his post-graduate training in psychiatry at

Harvard Medical School and the National Institute of Mental Health.

Dr. Adir Pridor Founding Head of the Institute for Industrial Mathematics. Co-founded the Operations Research Branch of

the Israel Air Force. Holds a Ph.D. in Mathematics from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Mr. Norman Podhoretz Editor-at-large of Commentary Magazine and Adjunct Fellow at the Hudson Institute. Previously,

a Pulitzer Scholar at Columbia University. A frequent guest on many radio and television shows. Author of ten books and

hundreds of articles for most major American periodicals. Lectured at many universities on foreign policy, American culture,

and Jewish affairs. Holds a B.A. and M.A. from Cambridge University where he was a Fulbright Scholar and a Kellett Fellow.

Also, holds a B.A. in Hebrew Literature from the Jewish Theological Seminary.

Adv. Dalia Rabin Chair of the Yitzhak Rabin Center for Israel Studies, Israel’s official memorial institution for the late Prime

Minister Yitzhak Rabin. Elected to the Knesset in 1999 as a member of the Center Party. Served as Deputy Minister of

Defense from 2001 to 2002 and chaired a number of Knesset committees including the Ethics Committee and the Law and

Justice Committee. Prior to her election to the Knesset, served as the legal advisor to the General Labor Union (Histadrut)

and as a public prosecutor. Received an LL.B. from Tel Aviv University.

Dr. Samantha Ravich Deputy National Security Advisor to US Vice President Dick Cheney. Her portfolio includes counter-

terrorism and counter-proliferation as well as Asian, Middle East and Western Hemisphere Affairs. Prior to returning to the

White House, served for two years as the Vice President at the Long Term Strategy Project. During that time, she was also

Senior Consultant for National Security for the Philanthropy Roundtable, one of the nation’s largest philanthropic

associations. She was a Senior Fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in Washington, DC.

Member of the Council on Foreign Relations, where she was awarded an International Affairs Fellowship and named a

George S. Franklin fellow. Authored Marketization and Democracy: East Asian Experiences. Received a Ph.D. in Policy

Analysis from the RAND Graduate School, and a BSE/MCP from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

Prof. Uriel Reichman Founding President of the Interdisciplinary Center, Herzliya. Previously, a Professor of Law at Tel

Aviv University, the Dean of its Law Faculty, and Dean of Ramot Mishpat College. Chaired the “Constitution for Israel”

Movement and the Committee for Civil Rights of the Israeli Bar Association. A member of several public and government

commissions and committees. Received his Ph.D. in Law from the University of Chicago. Member of the Board of Directors,

the Institute for Policy and Strategy, the Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya.

Mr. Robert Rechnitz Founder of Los Angeles-based Bomel Companies and, most recently, Bomel Israel, Ltd. He has made

several global philanthropic commitments. International Chairman of the Jerusalem Conference. Serves on the Vice

Chairman’s Council of the Republican Jewish Coalition; the Board of Governors of Cedars-Sinai Medical Center; on the

L.A. World Affairs Council; and is the former president of the Ambassador’s Society of Trustees, State of Israel Bonds.

Recipient of numerous awards including the 2003 Businessman of the Year Award by the National Republican

Congressional Committee Business Advisory Council.

Dr. Jehuda Reinharz President of Brandeis University, and a Richard Koret Professor of Modern Jewish History. Previously

served as Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs. Founded the Jacob and Libby Goodman Institute for the

Study of Zionism and Israel. Former Director of the Tauber Institute for the Study of European Jewry at Brandeis. First

Professor of Judaic Studies at the University of Michigan and responsible for creating the interdisciplinary program that

formed the basis for the University's Frankel Center for Judaic Studies. Author of more than one hundred articles and twenty

books. Recipient of numerous awards and honors, such as the President of Israel Prize, awarded by the Israeli Parliament.

Appointed by President Clinton to serve on the Presidential Advisory Commission on Holocaust Awareness in the United

States. Recipient of honorary doctorates from Hebrew Union College, the Jewish Theological Seminary, Fairfield University

in Connecticut, Ben Gurion University in Israel, and the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel.

Simon Rosenberg President and Founder of the NDN and founded The New Politics Institute. Was a leading candidate

for Chair of the Democratic Committee, and has worked to elect Democrats for nearly twenty years in a dozen states.

Worked on the Democratic National Committee and the Democratic Leadership Council and served as a key member of

two presidential campaigns, for Michael Dukakis and Bill Clinton. Also worked as a television news writer and producer. Is

a member of the Aspen Institute's Democratic National Convention Platform Committee.

MK Gideon Sa’ar Parliamentary Group Chairman of the Likud faction in the Knesset. Chairman of the Committee on the

Status of Women. Previously served as Secretary to the Cabinet, Aide to the State Attorney and Aide to the Attorney-

General. Holds a B.A. in Political Science and an LL.B. from Tel Aviv University.

Dr. Kori Schake Deputy Director of Policy Planning at the US Department of State; Distinguished Professor of International

Security Studies at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point; and Research Fellow at the Hoover Institution. Formerly,

Director for Defense Strategy and Requirements on the National Security Council. Taught at the University of California,

San Diego and the University of Maryland. Member of the Council on Foreign Relations. Recipient of various awards and

academic fellowships. She has also authored and co-authored various publications.

Amb. Robert Serry United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process and Envoy of the Secretary-

General to the Quartet. Former Dutch Ambassador to Ireland. Previous professional experiences include diplomatic postings

in Bangkok, Moscow, New York (United Nations) and Kiev. In addition, he held the position of Deputy Assistant Secretary-

General for Crisis Management and Operations at NATO. Led the Middle Eastern Affairs Division of the Dutch Foreign

Ministry. In the framework of the Netherlands European Community presidency, participated in the events leading to the

Middle East Peace Conference in Madrid in November 1991. Published several articles on political and peacekeeping

topics. Graduated in political science from the University of Amsterdam.

Maj. Gen. (res.) Oren Shachor Chairman and President of the Eilat-Ashkelon Pipeline Company. Previously, served as

Chairman of the Board of the I.S.C. Holdings Group and as Acting Chairman of the Board of Amidar, the largest public

housing company in Israel. Served in the IDF for thirty-three years in senior positions such as Coordinator of Government

Activities in the West Bank and Gaza, Chief Intelligence Officer and Intelligence Officer of the Southern Command. Holds

a B.A. in General History from Tel Aviv University. Currently pursuing an M.A. in International Relations from Haifa

University. Graduate of the IDF Staff and Command College.

Mr. Natan Sharansky Chairman of the Adelson Institute for Strategic Studies at the Shalem Center. Former Minister of

Diaspora, Society and Jerusalem Affairs, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of the Interior and Minister of Construction and

Housing. Founder of the Yisrael B’Aliya Party. Previously served as Associate Editor of the Jerusalem Report, worked for

the Zionist Forum and was one of the founders of Peace Watch, an independent organization committed to monitoring the

compliance to agreements signed between Israel and the PLO. A ‘refusnik’ prisoner in the former Soviet Union for nine

years, released after heavy international pressure. Author of The Case for Democracy. Graduated with a degree in

Computer Science from the Physical Technical Institute in Moscow.

Dr. Yacov Sheinin CEO and Scientific Director of Economic Models. The Israeli Center for Economic Planning. Chair of

the Board of Modelim Capital Markets Ltd., and Economics lecturer at Tel Aviv University. He has over thirty years of

experience as an economist, engaging in large and complex consulting projects and building computerized micro and macro

economic models in Israel and the U.S. Served as Chair of Investment Committee of the pension funds of the First

International Bank and as an economic consultant for Israeli public companies. Earned a Ph.D. in Economics from the

University of Pennsylvania.

Zalman Shiffer Former Economic Advisor to the National Security Council. Economic consultant and researcher. Served

as a consultant to the Director of the Research Department at the Bank of Israel and as a visiting lecturer at various

universities in Israel, the USA and Russia. Holds a Ph.D. from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Brig. Gen. Eli Shermeister Chief IDF Education and Youth Officer. Served in a series of command positions in the IDF Air

Traffic Control. Holds a B.Sc. in Physics and Electronics from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (summa cum laude), an

M.Sc. in IndustrialEngineering and Management from Ben Gurion University, an M.P.A in PublicAdministration from the

John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, and an MA in International Relations from Haifa University.

Prof. Sammy Smooha Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences at Haifa University. An expert on Arab-Jewish relations in

Israel. Has been a Visiting Professor at UCLA, University of Michigan, Brown University, and University of Washington. He

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has been a Research Fellow at various institutes and is a member of several boards and committees.Organized and Chaired

the International Conference on Multiculturalism and Democracy in Divided Societies at the Center for Multiculturalism and

Educational Research at Haifa University. Holds a Ph.D. and M.A. in Sociology from UCLA, and a B.A. in Psychology and

Sociology from Bar Ilan University.

MK Brig. Gen. Dr. Ephraim Sneh Member of the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee. Served as Minister of

Health, Deputy Minister of Defense and Minister of Transportation. Served as a career officer in the IDF, in positions such

as the Medical Officer of the Paratroops Brigade. Holds an M.D. from Tel Aviv University Faculty of Medicine and was a

Research Fellow at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center.

Dr. Shimshon Shoshani Director of Taglit-birthright Israel. Served as Director-General of the Ministry of Education and

Culture, the Jewish Agency and of the Education, and Youth and Culture Administration in the Tel Aviv Municipality.

Presided as Chair and was a member of various NGOs and institutes dealing with education and social affairs. Served as

an Adjunct Professor at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and at Bar Ilan and Tel Aviv Universities. Co-author of several

articles on education. Received a Ph.D. in Educational Administration.

Amb. Zalman Shoval Chairman of the Board of Directors, the Institute for Policy and Strategy, the Interdisciplinary Center

Herzliya. Chairman of the Board of Directors of Export Investment Corp., Ltd. Served twice as Israel’s Ambassador to the

United States. First served in the Knesset in 1970-81, as a member for Rafi and later the Likud. Re-elected to Knesset in

1988; resigned when appointed Ambassador. Awarded the title of “Diplomat of the Year 1999” by the Los Angeles Council

on World Affairs. Was active for many years in the private sector, in banking, finance and industry. Serves in several public

positions in the fields of economics, politics, academics and the arts. He has published numerous articles on politics, history

and economics. Graduate of the University of Geneva in Political Science and Inte